On Apr 13, 6:40*pm, "Paul P" REMOVE paul @ REMOVE ppinyot .
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I am restoring now aligning a S-38. *Yep, all caps and resistors replaced
except the domino caps and tubes tested, bias voltages with in spec. *I gave
up the alignment for now. *I am having trouble aligning the Band 2 at 5mc.
The oscillator just dose not want to go high enough. *Perhaps a good night's
sleep will help.

Questions:

1) What is the oscillator offset (add or subtract the IF freq 455) for the
four bands? *Are any bands different from the others? *Broadcast is just
fine at frequency plus IF (455).

2) Are the domino caps paper inside or mica? *They are NOT Micamold. *There
are three of four of them. *I was going to replace them next and heat gun
the coils.

http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByM...2/M0008862.pdf

Thanks,
Paul P

The postage stamp caps are mica but probably not silver mica.
If all the other frequencies come in the problem may be that
something has shifted in the band 2 oscillator coil. Most of these
coils have a couple of spaced turns to adjust the value. You will have
to juggle between the coil and the trimmer.
The S-38B LO is 455 khz above the signal frequency on all bands.